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1111PERIA.14 PARLIAMENT would be an infirmary for the sick and a receptacle for those whose out-pen s i ons were insufficient for their subsistence. It was also proposed to add to the out-pensions of men who had reached a certain age; to abolish the double government, :and appoint a chief officer to preside over the affairs of the hospital, and to do away w L tie residential civil and military appointments of the ins - n on at the end of five years, but not to do so without giviaz fair compene !ration. The hon. gentleman shadowed out the probable effect of these changes in a financial point of view, and intimated that the plan would be matured in the recess and a measure brought before the house early in the neat session of Parliament. Sir J. PAKINGTON was glad the Government had arrived at a conclusion upon this important question, and so far as it appeared to him the principle on which the Ad miralty proposed to act was a sound one. With respect to the double government of the hospital, the house, he was sure, would be gratified at hearing that the system was tq be put an end to ; but he could no regard the pro posal to reduce the military appoinments to a period of five years without feelings of doubt and jealousy. In answer to Mr. CORRY, Lord C. PAGET said that among the appointments that were to terminate at the end of five years were the offices of go vernor and lieutenant-governor of the hospital. He acloed that he should shortly lay upon the table the memo , randum of the First Lord containing the details of the scheme ; and that hereafter Greenwich Hospital would be placed on the same footing as Hasler and other hospitals, with a superintendent and sufficient officers to maintain discipline in the establishment. Sir J. HAY expressed his satisfaction at the statement made by Mr. Childers, and his motion was then withdrawn. SCOTCH PARLIAMENTARY BUSINESS. Sir J. FERGUSSON moved for a select committee to inquire how far the number of the members of the ad ministration charged with the conduct of the affairs of Scotland, and having seats in Parliament, is commensu rate with the reoreirements of that part of the United Kingdom. The hon, baronet argued that the Lord Advocate, the member of the Government to whom the conduct of the Scotch business was entrusted, being a practising lawyer, and having other avocations elsewhere, had not time to introduce measures of the magnitude and impnrtance that were necessary ; that the mode in which Scntch bills were prepared, considered, and passed was not esaisfactory; and that the political functions of the Lord Advocate ought not to be exercised by a practising lawyer, The motion having been seconded by Mr CAIRD, Mr E. P. BO UVERIE contended that the management of Scotch business under the present system was satisfac tory to the members from Scotland, and that there was no necessity for any change. The LORD ADVOCATE, in opposing the motion and answering the objections of Sir J. Fergusson, said that although it was true the holder of his office was a practising lawyer, it was also certain that during the session of Par liament he must, to a great extent, throw his private prac • tice to the winds, and with few and rare exceptions he him self had acted upon that principle. The right hon. gentle man then enumerat: d the many important measures affect ing Scotland that had become law in recent years, in order to show that the interests of the country had not been neglected by the executive, Further, if he compared those measures with others of the same magnitude and impor tance for England, the proof that Scotch legislation was not crude or defective was to be seen in the fact that there were so few instances in which it had been questioned in the courts of law. The Inactions of the Lord Advocate were no doubt numerous and responsible, but he considered that they were not beyond the powers of ono man with reasonable diligence and assiduity to perform. Mr SMOLLE TT urged that large reforms were necessary in the Court of Session, the Sheriffs' Courts, ar d in the laws relating to marriage, succession, and domicile in Scotland; but complained that, when on a previous occasion he drew attention to these subjects, the Lard Advocate told him that he had better take them in hand himself. In his opinion, Scotchmen required that the law on these points should be assimilated to that of England. If a Secretary of State were appointed for Scotland they might hope to see him deal with questions of that sort, but as long as the whole con duct of the Scotch business in Parliament was entrusted to the Lord Advocate they would never have any large legal reforms such as the country demanded. After some observations from Mr. CARNEGIE and Mr. ROBERTSON, Mr. MURE believed that the appointment of a select committee would bring cut no new facts or be of any good whatever. He suggested, therefore, that the motion should be withdrawn. Sir W, DUNBAR remarked that long experience had convinced him that no change could be beneficially intro duced in the mode of conducting Scotch business in that house. In his opinion it was managed very satisfactorily, and he attributed that circumstance to the friendly inter. coutse which was maintained between the Lord Advocate and the Scotch members. The motion was then withdrawn. THE DAY OF PAYMENT OF THE OCTOBER DIVIDENDS. Mr, R. MILLS asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether for the convenience of the public he would make an arrangement by which the dividends on the Government annuities, payable at the Bank of England in the month of October, should be paid on the Sth day of that month, the same as in the ease of the months of January, April, and July. The hon. member based his application on the ground that many infirm persons, forgetting hat the October divi dends are not paid until the 13th, came as usual on the Sth of the month, and had their labour for their pains. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said that the 13th of October had been the dividend day ever since the Bank of England had been established, and he was not aware that any very large number of persons were disap peinted by making the mistake referred to. He should have pleasure in acceding to the wish of the hon. member, but for one matter of considerable importance. The helm was was aware that the September quarter was one of extremely weak receipt. The September quarter would always be a weak quarter. The great mass of cur payments were con centrated upon four periods of the year, which are partially connected wit la the four quarter-days of the Exchequer, and partly with the four days for the payment of dividends at the Bank of England, which were very near them. Conse quently the public funds accumulated, there came a heavy pressure, and the whole or nearly the whole of the balances were exhausted. Therefore, if we were to increase that pressure at any of those quarter-days, we should compel the public either to increase its demands on the Bank of Eng land for deficiency bills, or else to have a large amount of money in hands at that particular time. His hon. friend might perhaps think the difference very small, but that would not be so, for the proposed change would have the effect of diminishing the quarter's revenue by nearly a million. Under the circumstances, therefore, he could not give a pledge to alter the law with regard to dividends. EPPING FOREST. Mr TORRENS asked the Secretary to the Treasury whether her Majesty's Government intended to take any steps to carry out, completely or partially, the recommenda tions contained in the report of the select committee on Royal forests in Essex of last session; whether any en croachments or enclosures had been reported to have been made within the forests since the date of that report; and, if so, whether they had taken place on portions of the forest wherein the rights of the Crown had been sold or not, He would also move for copy of any orders or correspond ence regarding inclosures in the Royal forest in Essex since, or in consequence of, the report of the select com mittee of last session. Mr F. PEEL said it was desirable that the rights of the Crown over Epping Forest should be clearly under stood. The forestal right of the Crown was simply a right to feed deer; and as there were no deer in the forest, the right of the Crown merely amounted to a right of preventing fences being put up and keeping the forest an unenclosed waste. The select committee on forests had re ported in favour of the Crown disposing of this right, which was accordingly done, and at present there only remained 3,000 acres over which the Crown exercised any control. The committee of last year had also recommended that por tions of the forest should be set apart for public recreation grounds, but they did not state how the cost of making a public park was to be maintained. If that difficulty were overcome, the recommendation might he carried out. Ile believed there had been no encroachments or inclosures since the committee made their report, nor had any report been made respecting the forest since that time, with the exception of one from the Commissioners of Woods, which was at present under consideration. Mr. PEACOCKE thought the right hon, gentleman had underrated the importance of the forestal rights of the Crown, for upon their preservation dep en d ed the power of keeping o p en s p a ces for the recreation of the inhabitants of this crowded metropolis. When the hon. gentleman the Secretary of the Treasury stated that no enclosures had taken place in the forest since the committee had reported, he could only say that the Government were badly i n f ormed on the subject. He had himself gone down to E pp i ng Forest a fortnight ago, and he found that a portion of it near Woodford Wells was inclosed, the place which used to be the greatest resort of the public for the purposes of recr.ation. He thought it would be well to send down a commission to the spot to eee what portion should be set apart for recreation, and, if necessary, that the freeholds should be purchased. Mr. WATLINGTON dwelt upon the importance of pre serving portions of the forest for the enjoyment of the popu• lation of the eastern parts of the metropolis, who went there in crowds on Saturdays and Mondays, and on other days during the summer season. He thought that the rights of the people had been very much interfered with by t'-e and sometimes illegal, encio:ures which were constantly taking place. Mr. COX complained that, since the report of the com mittee, enclosures had taken place and were taking place, and he thought it was the duty of the Government to pro tect both the rights of the Crown and the rights of the People. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said there eves one preposition upon which they were all agreed— tnat this question Waii in a state which was very unsatis factory. The • • taom(bosegsatbotathineerdituhfailje:" gse,actlhoastintghepsoarnticotaioan of f f Parliam ent theforest, and of the committee recommended, that, where the rights of parties wore interested provision should be made for purehasirg those rights. But who was HOUSE OF LORDS—Last Evening, The Loan CHANCELLOR took his seat on the woolsack at five o'clock. COUNTY COURTS. Lord CHELMSFORD presented a petition from certain credit drapers called tallymen, against the County Courts Amendment Bill. The LORD CHANCELLOR presented petitions in favour of the bill, from i.he Board of Guardians of Blackburn. PRIVATE BUSINESS. The following bills were read a second time :—Bolton Gas—Great Eastern Railway (Ilighbeach Branch)—Bolton Improvement—Sevenoaks, Maidston, and Tunbridge Rail way—Crystal Palace and South London Junction Railway, Trent Coast Railway—Midland Railway (St. Pancras Branch)—Liverpool Improvement—Liverpool Sanitary. The following bills were read a third time and passed : Scots Episcopal Fund and Bedford and Cambridge Railway. THE RIOT AT ST. BERNARD'S REFORMATORY. Lord BERNE RS called attention to the riot which had taken place amongst the boys at the St. Bernard's Refor matory, and eaid he should put a question to her Majesty's Government in reference to the motion this day fortnight. The house went into committee on thie bill. Lord SHAFTESBURY explained the objects of the bill he had introduced for the amendment of the present law regulating the mode of sweeping chimneys. The practice of employing children of tender age in this occupation had of late years much increased in some places in consequence of the difficulties of procuring convictions under the existing act. All he wished to do was to introduce such amendments as should render it easier to put the law in force against those who persisted in employing children in this trade. To prove the necessity of some interference he read numerous extracts from recent evidence of the revolting cruelty the masters were forced to employ in training children to the work. All this suffering, he asserted, was totally unneces sary, as chimney sweeping by the machine, when properly done, was in all respects efficient. The employment of children had been abolished in Edinburgh, Glasgow, Leices ter, and other large places. In no place was it necessary, as the machine was adapted to flues of every kind of con struction. Nor were the master sweeps, as a body, opposed to the prohibition of children's labour. They stated that they are frequently compelled to employ it by the prejudices of householders, often of the wealthier classes, who will not allow a machine to be used in their chimneys. Having further described the manner in which infants are bought and sold for the trade, and reduced to a condition of slavery, he implored the house not to reject the bill, by which he had attempted to attack a cruel practice unknown to any other civilised nation. Lord BROUGHAM expressed his hearty approval of the measure, The house went into committee on the bill, and agreed to the clauses with some amendments. Their lordships then adjourned. HOUSE OF COMMONS—Last Evening. The SPEAKER, took the chair at 4 o'clock. PRIVATE BUSINESS. The following bills were read a third time and passed : Argyllshire Roads—London, Chatham, and Dover Rail way (No. 2) (New Lines, &c.)—Metropolitan and Saint John' Woodßailway—Midland Railway (Bath and Thorn bury)—Rock Life Assurance Company—Salop Fire Office —Severn Valley Railway—Thames Embankment (South Side)—Trent, Ancholme, and Grimsby Railway—West minster Palace Hotel Company. RAILWAY COMPANIES. Lord STANLEY moved that so much of the standing order 142 as prohibited railway companies owning or using steam vessels, harbours, and docks be repealed. He pro • posed that these questions should be referred to a committee up.t.irs, and he believed that the order as it now stood would not be beneficial to the public interests. That order was made under circumstances totally different to the present, and he denied that the effect of the alteration which he proposed would give, as was contended, a monopoly to the railway companies. He could not see how it concerned Parliament or the public whether vessels or dock thould be held by railway companies or any other bodies so long as traffic was facilitated. Mr. BARROW asked the house to pause before consent ing to this alteration. He was very anxious for this stand ing order being agreed to some years ago, in order to prevent a monopoly on the part of railway companies, which ho thought was a subject in which the house should justly interfere. He strongly objected also to railway companies having such extensive powers as this order was intended to limit, without any reference to Parliament. Mr. CLAY objected to the motion of the noble lord, and denied that this order prohibited railway proprietors be coming shipowners, but merely imposed on them the onus of showing the necessity of what they desired as a matter of public convenience. He considered that the repeal of this order would go further than it proposed, as it would convoy an intimation to railway companies that the powers which they sought would be gtanted wherever they were required, instead of throwing on them the necessity of showing that such powers would be exercised for the public interest. He defied any one who had read the evidence before the committee to come logically to the conclusion that by giving railway companies these extensive powers the interests of the public would be pro moted. Mr. HODSON said that if he thought the repeal of this order would have the effect of injuring the shipping inte rest, he would not advocate it, but he contended that such would not be the result. He considered, however, that in regard to the purchase of shipping, or any other property, the shareholders of railways should have the right of restricting their directors in making purchases of such property. Under all the circumstances he felt bound to support the motion of the noble lord. Sir H. CAIRNS was oppoeed to the alteration proposed, and cited the evidence adduced before the committee to show that the effect of the standing order being repealed would be to drive steamship owners out of the field altogether, and, therefore, virtually create a monopoly which would not conduce to the benefit of the public. Mr. M. GIBSON said the case was simply th a t cam _ Plaints had been made to Parliament whi ch led to the appointment of a committer', which, after delibera tion, recommended the adoption of the course which the noble lord (Stanley) now advocated. I t was asserted by the complainants that the declared poli cy of the house was different to its practice. Since 1848 the practice of Parliament had been to grant powers to public companies-- An HON. MESlBER— Somethnes to refuse them. Mr. M. GlBSON — Sometime s to refuse them. (A laugh>) What the noble lord (Stanley) asked was merely to repeal an order that was calculated to mislead the coun try. After some discussion, the motion was negatived without a division. ILLTREATMENT OF MISSIONARIES IN ABYSSINIA. Mr. H. SEYMOUR asked the Under Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs what information her Majesty's Govern• mcnt had received relating to the ill-treatment of missionaries in Abyssinia, and the imprisonment of her Majesty's con sul there by King Theodorus ; and what steps her Majesty's Government had taken in consequence. Mr. LAYARD said, that efforts were being made to effect the liberation of the Consul, and the other matter had received the attention of the Government. GREENWICH HOSPITAL. On the order for going into committee of supply, Sir J. RAY moved a resolution to the effect that it was desirable that the Admiralty should adopt the recommen dations of the Royal Commission of 1860, confirmed by the report of Sir Richard Bromley, one of the present commis sioners, and by the letter of Admiral Sir James Gordon, the governor of Greenwich Rospital, that the present system of donb!o government be abolished, as a remedy for the abuses which had arisen under that s y stem. The motion was seconded by Mr LIDDELL, who com plained of the Government for neglecting to carry cut the re commendations of the commissione rs. He could never understand how it was that the hospital had not been go verned at Greenwich, and he believed the abolition of the double government would bring the affairs of the institution into harmonious working, and effect a considerable saving of expenditure. Mr ADAM supported the motion, and urged that to m a k e Greenwich Hospital what it ought to be, it was ncceseary not only that the double government should cease, but that tbo institution should assume the character of an infirma r y as well as an asylum. Mr CHILDERS, whilst can ioniug tho house not to act with precipitation, admitted that a stringent measure of reform *as necessary, as the expense of management was far too high, but every attention was paid to the comfort of the pensioners. It was now intended by the Government to prspose to limit admissions to the hospital to thoee who were incapable, in consequence of age or infirmity, of main taining thomselves outside its walls. Thus the institution to find the purchase money? The holm should remember the estates of the Crout were only vested in the public as tenants for life ; and that the duty of the Commissionc7 s of Woods and Forests was to administer that estate as other landlords administered their estates. The address of last year, however, was calculated to inflict considerable injury upon the corpus of the Crown estate. Moreover, the public were not the people of London—the public were the people of the three kingdoms ; and were the people of all the other towns in the country entitled to make similar claims upon the Consolidated Fund ? Don't let them look ist a narrow corner of the question. Let them look to done for the peopl e o f L ondon. i ns "what the State had sole effect of the ad dress of last year had beel selling those forest ' prevent the Government from "..1 r i g hts; and the cons equence was t h ose rights were el . ,' oyed without the permission of G overnmen t. Govern anent was not justified in appointing commissioners ke the purpose of getting rid of responsibility. Unless they were prepared to entrust a definite object to a commission, they ought not to be appointed. But. independently of that, the house had entrusted to the Metropolitan Board of Works the business of providing for such wants on the part of the metropolis, and therefore the Government would not be justified in taking upon itself functions which had been conferred upon another body. Sir J, SHELLEY thought the right hon. gentleman was mistaken with respect to the powers of the Metropolitan Board of Works—they had no power of taking any lands beyond their jurisdiction. All that was now asked for was that Government should prevent any encroachments upon these forests. Visit of the Prince and Princess of Wales tr. -,. vambridge. After leaving PeteHiohee hursday evening the Prince and Princess of Wales honoured with theix pl - esence a performance of the Amateur Dra matic Company, better known as the A.D.C., at their bijou theatre. With performances of this nature there can be no mediocre standard ; they are either insufferably dull, or else yield more pleasure and attain a success more brilliant than it is in the power of professional actors to achieve. The acting of the A.D.C. was decidedly of the latter class. From the time the curtain rose till it fell ultimately, a few minutes before 11 o'clack, the audience were kept in uninterrupted good humour, and not only the Prince, but nearly every member of the Royal party, testified by frequent applause how much they appreciated the efforts of the company for their en tertainment. The performance began with the farce of " Whitebait at Greenwich," but the principal feature in the programme was the burlesque extra• vaganza of " Aladdin ; or the Wonderful Scamp." The Cambridge amateurs are not content, like many of their fellows, to avail themselves of external aid in any of the parts intended to move the tender pas• sions ; they stand or fall by their own resources exclusively, and they represent and put upon the stage female as well as male characters, which sing and dance and look almost as captivating as the fair originals whom they seek to counterfeit. Where all distinguished themselves so highly it is invidi• ous to make selections, but a recognition of the eminent services of Mr. Burnand, to whom the foundation of the company is due, ought not to be overlooked. Mr, TORRENS then withdrew his motion. PROMOTION IN THE NAVY. __ _ _ • _ Sir L. PALK moved that the house resolve itself into a committee to consider of an humble address to be presented to her Majesty, praying that she would be graciously pleased to give directions for putting the staff captains, commanders, and masters of the Royal navy upon an equality in pay, rank, and eligibility for receiving marks of distinction, with any other class of officers in that service. Sir J. PAKINGTON said it was not his intention to make any observations respecting the case of the masters, but he wished to submit to the Admiralty whether the question of his hon. friend did not open a question of a far wider character. (Hear, hear.) A supplementary estimate had been brought forward, in which provision was made for captains and flag officers, but the plan was not satisfactory to the officers affected by it, It was also a serious defect that there were several classes of officers which were not touched by it at all. He submitted that the time was come when the subject should be dealt with in a more ex tensive manner than it had been in the supplementary esti mates, and he hoped his noble friend (Lord C. Paget) would inform the house whether there would be any ob jection to refer the matter to a Royal commission. (Hear, hear.) From the theatre their Royal Highnesses drove at once to the Fitz william Museum, where a ball was given in their honour, and on their way the electric light, which had been flashing for some hours previously from the summit of Great St. Mary's Church, was thrown full upon the Royal carriages, and afforded to the multitudes of specta tors thronging the streets an admirable opportunity of seeing the Prince and Princess as they passed. Among the leading members of the University there had been considerable division of opinion as to the propriety of devoting their grand Museum to such purposes as a ball, and a very clever paper apropos of the discussion had been put forward, it is said, by Prolessor Selwyn. In this the point was humor• ously canvassed whether it was intended that the Prince should take his degree per saltum ; and in reply to the doubtings and questionings of an ima ginary M.A. the Procancellarius was represented as saying,-- Colonel EDWARDS supported the motion. Mr. C. BERKELEY thought, as the committee last year had no power to inquire into question of pay, and consider ing the state of the lists, the suggestion of the right hon. baronet was well worthy of consideration. Sir W. MILES hoped the Secretary of the Admiralty would make this concession. He thought there was no class in the navy that required more consideration than that of the masters. He trusted that the claims of these meritorious officers might be taken into consideration by a Royal com mission. Saltabimus °tunes ; Orbis et uxor amans ardet hairs choros. Mr. AYRTON said he hoped that the house would not too hastily adopt the suggestion that had bPen made. The real question was, whether the inducements at present ke.d out by the Royal Navy were sufficient to secure an efficient class of officers for her Majesty's set vice. He believed that they were ; and, therefore, could not see the necessity for these constant applications on the part of the officers for an increase of pay. Ha hoped the country would be satisfied with what had been done by the committee of last year. Mr. Alderman ROSE thought the masters had a real grievance, which ought to be considered by the house. Mr. T. HANKEY was of opinion that if the House of Commons were to be made a court of appeal for grievances which ought to be remedied by the officers of the Crown, great inconvenience would ensue. So long as the services of the country were efficiently discharged, it was the duty of the house to watch the expenliture of the Government. Mr. FERRAND vindicated the right of the masters to appeal to the house if they had a grievance. Were they to strike, as had been recommended the other night by the Chancellor of the Exchequer ? The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER called upon the hon. gentleman to prove his statement. Mr. FERRAND apologised if he had misrepresented the right hon. gentleman. At any rate, the right hon. gentleman had justified strikes. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER expressed his dissent. Lord C. PAGET was hardly prepared to say whether the Gevernment would recommend the appointment of a Royal Commission. The masters had been invited to state their grievances, and he was prepared to repeat what he stated a few nights ago. that it was not the question of pay so much as their social rank and position that they com plained of. The committee recommended that some higher rank should be given to them, and thip the Admiralty had carried out. There were still some grievances about com parative rank; but the House of Commons was not the place for the discussion of these subjects, and he would implore the house to leave all these matters in the hands of the Admiralty, who were responsible for them. The noble lord compared the pay received by masters with the pay received by lieutenants and commanders, and contended that there could be no grievance on the part of the mas ters as regarded their pay. Of all classes of officers in the navy, his sympathy was, perhaps, most with the mas • ters, who were, in his opinion, the most useful class of men ; but he was sorry they should come before the house with this grievance. Sir J. ELPHINS TONE defended the claims of the masters, who were well deserving of the consideration of the house, end said it was absurd to suppoEe that the offi cers of the navy should be silent on the subject of their grievances, while the Chancellor of the Exchequer pointed out to the artisan that the way to obtain an increase of wages was by a " strike." The right hon. gentleman might rely upon it that the matter would not be allowed to drop until justice was done. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER repudiated the practice of transferring to commissioners the duties, and declared that the administration of public patronage would become foul and corrupt if it were exercised upon the loose and arbitrary principles contended for that evening. After some observations from Mr. Corry, Sir J, Hay, and Mr. Hennessy, the amendment was withdrawn, and the house went into committee of supply pro forma. The Banking for Co-partnership and the College of Phy sicians Bills were read a third time and passed. The Burials Registration Bill was read a second time. Mr. FERRAND obtained leave to introduce a bill to amend the Act compensating the families of persons killed by accident. The house adjourned at fivo minutes to two o'clock. THE SOUTH SEA ISLANDS.—The commerce of the Society Islands is growing. They now export fish, mother-of-pearl, pearls, sea snails, cocoa nut oil, fibres, and fecula of pia, vanilla, sugar, coffee, alcohol made of kawa, and rat-ear mushrooms. The rat-ear mushrooms are sold for 200 dols. a tun. These and the sea snail are shipped to China.--ranama AS!ar. THE RANK RATE OF DISCOUNT.—A parliamen tary return shows the several changes in the Bank rate of discount from the beginning of the year 1846 to the present time. In the earlier years of the series the changes were very few; there was but one in the year 1846, one in 1849, one in 1850, none in 1851. Since 1854 the fluctuations have been much more frequent. The rate of discount was altered seven times in 1855, eight times in 1856, nine times in 1857, six times in 1858, five times in 1859, eleven times in 1860, eleven times in 1861, five times in 1862, twelve times in 1863, and six times in little more than a third of 1864 namely, up to the 6th of May. The highest rate in the list was 10 per cent., which prevailed in 1857, from Lord Mayor's-day to the day before Christmas. The lowest rate was 2 per cent., which prevailed during the greater part of the year 1852, and for three months of the summer and autumn of 1862. Persons in debt may obtain instant protection against imprisonment or seizure of their goods, and an entire release from all debts and liaLilities without publicity, by application to Messrs. Marshall, solicitors of the Court of Bankruptcy, Charges under £5 payable by easy instalments. Offices_ (established 1830), 12,Hatton-garden. 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In treating this class of diseases, Holloway's Pills should always be taken while using the ointment; they purify the blood, promote perspiration, and allay dan gerous irritation. Further on the M.A. wishes to be informed wha dance befits the character of so grave an institu , tion I Royal" and the "baby Prince" were all most loyally T ^ill Palmerston was Royal Highnesses, and as the names of the success ful candidates were read out by Mr. Emery they filed past the Princess, and rece i ved their prizes from then came to her banob. Their Roy a l Hi ghnesses the f7 , ott “,?. and at the r equest o f th e Prince, Sir C. Eantlak9 addreabs.l4 to the pupils a few appropriate words, and thanked Royal Highnesses for the encouragement afforded to t, Cambridge School of Art. 1 The Royal party at dinner at Trinity Lodge in. eluded the Prince and Princess of Wales, the Duke of Cambridge, Duke of Devonshire, Lady Louisa Cavendish, Viscount and Viscountess Palmerston, Earl Spencer, Earl of Morton and Lady Morton, Lord Harris, Lord A. Hervey, General Knollys, Colonel Keppel, Lady Emma Osborne, Hon. and Rev. L. Neville, Master of Magdalen, and Mrs. Neville, the President of Queen's, Colonel Macdnn ald, her. W, C. Matheson, and the Vicce-Chancellor and Mrs. Cookson. SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS. TIMES.— A less attractive subject for a debate than Irish Chancery procedure can hardly be ima gined, and yet it proved capable of sustaining a somewhat lively discussion on Thursday night. Our readers will easily guess the reason. The reform of most institutions, and especially of Law Courts, entails the creation of new offices and the superan nuation of many "valuable public servants." This is always a painful process, and though the scale of compensation is generally excessive as compared with the working salary, the struggles of the victims about to be laid on the shelf are often distressing to witness. Masters in Chancery notoriously die hard, and that in more senses than one, for, after exhibit ing the greatest tenacity of official life, they gene rally manage, as Mr Whiteside says, to punish the public by prolongir.g their natural lives, on comfort able pensions, for an unconscionable time. Now, it happened that the Government bill for reorganising the Irish Court of Chancery threatened to displace several of these formidable functionaries. It is pro posed to retain one only out of four, and to substitute for the remaining three a Vice-Chancellor with two chief clerks. The object of this change is to intro duce " the Vice-Chancellor system ;" in other words, to assimilate the constitution of the Irish to that of the English Court. Having said this much, we have already suggested to persons conversant with such matters the arguments proper to be used on the Con servative. What have these masters done to deserve such treatment ? Did not Master Litton hear some 6,000 causes and nearly 40,000 motions in thirteen years and a half ? Were not similar prodigies of industry performed in the offices of Master Brooke, Master Murphy, and Master Lyle, and is it not well-known that not above a fraction of their decisions was ever reversed on appeal? Would their successors or rather their substitutes, the Vice-Chancellor and his clerks, be equally efficient ; and would it not be as well to know the names of the gentlemen to be appointed before passing the bill ? Has any com plaint been made againto the present system by the bar? Will not the alteration be more expensive than it looks on paper ; will it not give much scope for jobbery; is it not, at leas!, " premature Iv' No one expects objections of this class to be answered seriously. They are duly paraded, because they have a sort of prescriptive right to be employed on such occasions, just as ushers and pages are always in attendance at Court ceremonials, though their presence is not nonced. There is, however, a real principle involved in this measure, though it is rather difficult to disentangle it from these acces sories. That principle is the expediency of a cause being prosecuted through all its stages under the direction of the same Judge or judicial officer. It was the impossibility of csrrying out this improve., went by any addition to the steff of Masters under one Chancery Judge that led to tne appointment of our own Vice-Chancellors and 'she abolition of Masterships in Chancery. The opponents of the bill now before the House contend that while the English Chief Clerks are Masters in disguise, the Irish Masters are not Masters at all, but Vice- Chancellors in all but the neme. The obvious answer is that, if so, there are too many of them, and that the name of the officer who is hereafter to act as Vice-Chancellor had better be made to cor respond with his duties. "What is wanted," how ever, replies Mr. Longfield, is "men not above their business, and accessible to the practitioners with whom they are daily brought in contact." A Vice-Chancellor is a man of " unapproachable dignity," and might be tempted to job—a thing which no Master has ever been known to do. In short. " what is wanted," is the retention of theta . situation by the individuals now called " Masters," and herein consists the chief difference between the Government scheme and that formerly advocated by Mr. Whiteside himself. In the year 1856 he brought i n h bill of his own, the preamble of which fully recognise the "delay, expense, and other incon venience" aria; ng from the practice of references to Masters, and th," enacting clauses of which pro vided for the substituth? n of three Vice-Chancellors, with a Chief Clerk and i7o Junior Clerks apiece. But then he proposed that the rst Vice-Chancellor should be selected from the body . of Masters, and otherwise "utilized the existing staff, es Mr. Long field calls it, thereby admitting the plea "il fact que j existe" and propitiating vested interests. It was perfectly competent, therefore, for Mr. White side to oppose Mr. 0. Hagan's Bill on personal grounds, but it was scarcely consistent to oppose it on grounds of principle. There is nothing less credi table to our legislative wisdom than the difficulty experienced in maturing and carrying reform in the administration of the law, and the worst is that our Constitution provides no alternative or remedy. Take the history of this very question. A Royal Commission issued in 1854 to inquire into the working of the Landed Estates Court in Ireland reports in favour of changes in substance the same as those now contemplated. Mr. Longfield himself gave evidence in support of them, but now recants his opinion. Various attempts were made to em body the recommendations of the Report in a formal Amendment Bill—Mr. Whiteside's among the rest—and the result was that a Select Commit tee was nominated, took evidence on their compara tive merits, and elaborated thecompromise now in operation, which Mr. Longfield considers perfect. Then came a motion of Loid Ci anr i car d e on t h e abuses of Chanceryin Ireland, an d th e H ouse o f Lords, too readily b *,:lieving that " nothing Irish could be "right," mam f e ,:ed a desire for a new Commission. The new Commissie'n being composed of most eminent lawyers, both Enselieh and Irish, and of both political parties, unanimously" confirmed the practical conclusions of the former one. It is not, we believe, denied that the bill under colm sideration faithfully represents these conclusions, which are, in fact, those of Mr. Whiteside him self. We cannot help thinking that the pub.ic would have been quite content to take it on trust. The spirit, however, of Parliamentary govern ment will not suffer this ; the whole contra. versy must be re-opened, the private opinions of Irish Judges and English lawyers must be quoted against the authority of the Commissioners, and the bill, if allowed to be read a second time, must be made, if possible, to run the gauntlet of a select committee. There it is pretty sure to be so muti lated as to be robbed of some essential feature, and so the way is paved for further legislation. How is all this waste of power to be avoided The House of Commons is perfectly incapable of examining in detail the 192 clauses of such a bill as this. Yet how can the house delegate its duties to any other tribunal ; and what other tribunal would be satis factory ? Mr. George, inveighing against the course taken by the Government, thinks " a mixed Com mission of English and Irish barristers" might be able to produce something superior between them; Mr. S. Fitzgerald, following on the same side, thinks the last Commission " lost much of its value by the fact that it was composed of professional men." At all events, Parliament cannot part with its ultimate responsibility, and if this constitutional safeguard is worth preserving it seems that we must be content to pay for it in this way. HERALD.—The Yelverton case, which is again occupying public attention, presents in the midst of its romance some strange anomalies. We have the wild Irish trial. We have the sober Scotch inquiry. The former was a boisterous Hibernian ovation for the lady. The whole fact was summarily prejudged, ' on the instinct of a people, that the man who takes a woman for his wife at the foot of the alter, and lives with her, is to all intents and purposes, by the law of God and man, her husband. Major Yelver ton himself and his counsel felt the strong force of such a prejudice, so to call it, in Ireland. The object, therefore, was to show, not only that the marriage in Scotland by consent was illegal, and the more formal ceremony by the priest in Ireland, but that the sole cause for both pre tences was the strong affection the gentleman had entertained for the lady. He was resolved to have her. But as, on account of family reasons, he could not do so in the usual public manner, he determined on risking such a union as would constitute a marriage in Scotland, and such a ceremonial matrimony as was binding in the Catholic Church, and therefore on him at least in honour, and on the lady strictly in religion and conscience. This may be the conduct of a weak and unprincipled man, but it certainly is that of an ardent lover. But, when we come to the Scotch case or cases—for there was a judgment in one court an d an appea l f r om it in anoth er , the latter decision se tti ng aside the former; an d when we exami ne t h e argu ments urged by Major Yelverton's counsel in Scotland, we find his ground of defence strangely shifted. He is no longer the Igay Lothario, the infatuated lover, or even the wily' and reckless seduce r . Th e hero of the story be' comes suddenly a victim. Tnere he is—a hand som a Irishman, an h onoura bl e, an d t h e h e i r to a a gallant noble title, officer withal, and one too in the roll of breve and clever artilleriete. Here is this valiant soldier p •drstied by a pertinacious lady's who is resolved to captnre' him at any hazard. If Major Yelverton, the soldier, by the advice of his counsel, thought fit to ane", nt this droll line o f d e f e e , ce, his friends and he are alen6 answe,r,- able for and must accept the consequenaes. d 1/ : are only concerned for the public morality, must say that we do ndt like to find any EL:gltsh . lady, and one in particular who holds a good p tion in society, described as pursuing a man a t d determined to make him her own even at the cost of all that a woman holds most precious and s, , cred -- for even this last of imputations is freely charged. Unfortunately for the inventors here, we have the previous account in the Irish conrt of justice, corroborating in many a strong outline the rere! dispositions of the wronged woman depth of affection—her respect for appearances---* her firm resolution under all trials to deflend her honour—end her thorough confidingness truth of her lover. We do not say that it was the wish or the direct aim of Major Yelverton, " It the Irish trial, to brig into relief these genuine' traits of character; but unquestionably there was much in his testimony throughout to prove the re.. solution of Miss Longworth to become nothing ferior to a lawful wife. If this ledy was resolved to be married to the suitor of her choice, she certainly succeeded in obtaining from him who professed t° be so ardently ettacned to her as bold a confirma tion of wedlock, both in Scotland and Ireland, as be could make under existing circumstances. The lady was formally married, and there the matter would , have ended had not Major Yelverton. according t° his own showing, chosen to pursue a course of fl'grant betrayal. The breach of good taste and judgment of which we complain did not occur iu Ireland. Major Yelverton was in his own country ; he had Irishmen for his counset!, for his judge, for his jury, for his audience, and he' dared not libel the whole of the sex in the person of the lady who was his lawful wife in the sight of the nation. The lesson, however, ought not to be lost on our countrywomen. They cannot be too cautious and circumspect with men who have pretensions above their own condition. It were far better that the charge of prudishness should remain than that any' now Major Yelverton should be enabled to get up a sham defence on the strength of a free outpouring of simple and sincere affection in a woman. No , one can doubt that the lady in this instance was fatally attracted to her suitor by a warm return of a , ' tachment and by professions of mutual regard' This is the common sense view of the case. It iet borne out by the evidence of Major Yelverton him self on the Irish trial, it is confirmed by the entire tenor and language of his correspondence, and b 9 much of the coneuct he formerly pursued towards this truly uufoennate lady. It is utterly incredible that the persistent pursuit of Miss Longworth was to become the mistress of Major Yelverton if she could nor be Lis wife. Border marriages and other facile contrivances and substitutes for matrimonY may nabituate our northern neighbours t 9 an aspect of the sex so strange in itself and so unusual in the world. There must have been some strong ire' pelling motive to urge counsel to proffer this pie' of the woman's reckless pursuit and the man's constant avoidance and escape. To represent a gallant officer worried to death by the attentions of a lady determined to have him " will he, nil be, might be a truly original picture, or one with some foundation in the marriage customs of Scotland . The common beaten track of defence proved a failure in Ireland, so new ground had to be taken. But, 65 if ill-luck haunted the gentleman, we find him mote unpopular in Scotland than even in his own coup' rry. The universal public voice is decidedly a gainst him, as, indeed, it ought to be; for at best INlPjor Yelverton can only plead an iniquitous law agains t his lawful marriage in Ireland, and his consent to this union is of a character to constitute wedlock t° Scotland. The pretext that be was the victim of cunning Englishwoman's designs may have been sought as a last refuge in the Scotch trial and appea l ' but it will never do to persist in an assertion 50 flimsy, involving the unreasonable supposition tha t this accomplished lady pursued Mejor Yelverton -- not, be it remembered, to make him her husband, but her paramour. This is the immoral and absurd conclusion, urged against his own former evidence in open court, against his published letters, agairlq toe testimony of most respectable witnesses, and against the known and recognised usages of Bogus society. The whole plea is, as we have said, a gross libel on the sex, and will, we trust, for the honour of the country, be completely abandoned in the appeal to the House of Lorde. COUNTRY MARKETS. LIVERPOOL-FRIDAY. There was a pretty fair attendance today of the tows and country trade, and both wheat and flour met with good consumptive inquiry at a further trifling advance, say 3d per cental and 6d per barrel and sack on the week. Indian corn mostly held for an advance of 6d per qr, but is not saleable over 3d. Oats and oatmeal steady, but dull. Beans advanced 6d per qr. Barley and peas unchanged. STAMFORD—FRIDAY. • White wheat, 4cs to 428; red, 38s to 40s per 36 stone• Barley, malting, 30s to 338:; grinding, 27s to 308 per q r * Oats, 178 to 228 per 24 stone. Beans, old, 388 to 418 per qr. ; new, 36s to —s. INSANE PRISONERS BILL. The LORD CHANCELLOR brought up the report of the select committee on this bill. JAMAICA. Lord DUNSANY moved an humble address to her Majesty for a copy of the correspondence between the Secretary of State for the Colonies, the late Governor, and late Lieutenant , Governor of Jamaica respecting the esta blishment of party government or responsible government in that island, and also a copy of a report presented to the House of Assembly by a committee appointed to consider and report to the house on certain points connected with the pro posed tramway between Spanish Town and Portia; and also to correspondence relating tolthe.threat of dismissal made to M. Espeut, member of the Henze of Assembly, if he did not support the Lieutenant-Governor ; also for a copy of the memorial sent to her Majesty by the House of Assembly in Jamaica, and the correspondence that had taken place between the Secretary of State for the Colonies and the Lieutenant-Governor relative to the said memorial. Lord STANLEY of ALDERLEY said there would be no objection to give the papers or extracts from them. CHIMNEY SWEEPERS' BILL. THE SUMS, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, JUNE 4, 1864, Forsan Minuetta decora Hispana ducet cum gravitate choros. The response of the Procancellarius is more in ac cordance with the spirit of the external world in vading the institution : Non ita—nam priscos redolet minis illa catones; Nec rapidosjuvenes tarda chorm decet ; Hastati potius—Gyrusque, et Polka—supremos Sub matutira lute—Rogerus Eques. To the pamphlet was affixed the title " Hospitium Saltatorium," and in consequence of this grave University joke the grand Museum, which forms one of the most imposing of the modern architectu ral decorations of Cambridge, has acquired the similar appellation of "the dancing-booth." The ball, nevertheless, was held, it spite of all the opposition and raillery brought to bear, and was attended with brilliant success. Upwards of a thousand persons were present, and the arrange ments were such as to exhibit the noble proportions of the building to the greatest advantage. The large entrance-hall or portico, which is yet un finished, was draped from the ceiling with the Danish colours, and by the introduction in large numbers of rare and costly plants a striking vesti bule, partaking of the nature of a conservatory, was formed. Gas was carried for the occasion into the different rooms upstairs, and the effect was heightened by innumerable lamps, judiciously dia.- tributed, and by wax lights in the supper room below. The band of the Grenadier Guards was sta tioned at the foot of the grand staircase, and Coote and Tinney's band held possession of the orchestra in one of the smaller apartments of the great room. This principal apartment was the one in which visi tors mainly assembled, and as none of the pictures upon the walls had been disturbed, these presented a valuable relief during the interval that elapsed before the arrival of the royal party. For their accommodation a email apartment, fitted up with a dais and couches, was set apart at the end of the great room corresponding to that where the orches tra was established. The Prince and Princess, however, expressed a wish to dance in the great gallery or state room ; and although at the outset the gratification of their desire was attended with a little difficulty, owing to the number of visitors present, and the general anxiety to press forward as much as possible, a sufficient space in the centre of the room was ultimately cleared, and maintained by the formation of a volunteer rope brigade. The Prince led off the first quadrille with Lady Royston, the Princess dancing with Lord Royston. After wards his Royal Highness danced with the Duchess of Manchester, and the Princess of Wales with his Royal Highness the Commander-in-Chief. Her Royal Highness was attired as usual in mourning, but wore magnificent diamond ornaments, and, though exhibiting traces of fatigue, appeared to enter thoroughly into the spirit of the scene. At 1 o'clock supper was served for 40 in the Library—a very spacious and beautiful apartment. The guests were—his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales, her Royal Highness the Princess of Wales, his Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge, the Duke of Devonshire and Lady Louisa Cavendish, the Duke and Duchess of Manchester, the Marquis and Marchioness of Carmarthen, the Marquis Camden. Earl Powis, Earl and Countess Hardwicke and Lady Agneta Yorke, Countess of Morton,Earl Gran ville, Earl and Countess Spencer, Earl and Conn tessFitzwilliam, Viscount and Viscountess Royston, Viscount and Viscountess Palmerston, Lord Hyde, Lord Alfred Hervey, Lord Harris, Hon. C. Carring ton, Hon. and Rev, the Master of Magdalene and Hon. Mr, L. Ne v ill e , C o l one l t h e H o n. Jamas Mac donald, the Vice Chancellor, and Mrs. Cookson, the Master of Trinity and Lady Affiack, General Knollys, Col. Hon. E. F. Keppel, Dr. Paget, Rev, J. Power, Rev. A. V. Hadley, Rev. A. J. Day, Mr. Day, Mr. H. Oakeley, and the Rev. H. Luckock. The Royal party did not leave the Museum until about two o'clock, when they returned to Trinity Lodge, which forms the headquarters of the Prince during his stay in Cambridge. Yesterday the proceedings of the Royal party opened with a visit to the splendid chapel of King's College, the fame of which has penetrated to every quarter where architectural beauty is valued. Divince service commenced at half-past 11 o'clock, and, by desire of the Prince of Wales, consisted of the Litany (chanted), and the anthem "I have surely built thee a House." (Boyce) All persons attending the service were in their places nearly an hour before the Royal party arrived, so that as soon as they entered the outer door they had a complete and uninterrupted view of the magnificent pano rama of stone leading to the interior of the chapel. The cheers of the spectators on the lawn of the College and from the Senate-house, where the Undergraduates were assembling, rushed into the building when the deers were opened, but, subdued by the immense area and height of the roof, they sounded less like human voices than the gusts which whistle and clatter at sea through the rigging high over bead. The service was exceed ingly impressive. At its close the Royal party proceeded to the S.eate-house, where the de grees not conferred on the previous day were now to be awarded. The beading was, if possible, fuller than on the previous day, and the undergraduates, grown more accustomed to the presence of Royalty, were under less restraint in the utterance of their opinions. "Denmark" and ‘, the Princess of Wales" were even more lustily peered than on the day before, and " Austria" qui:e as heartily groaned. It was a remarkable circuniatance, and one creditable to Undergraduate delicacy of perception, that on neither day was Prussia" mentioned, either for praise or for blame, "The Queen," " the Princess and cordially honouree. e___ londly h;heeeed iod. his _Pore* Seeretary as iota—, groaned, though by an appareiii ini , tinsiltenot *hen the name of Earl Russell was afterwards coupled with " Reform," the sentiment of the assembly was decidedly favourable, Messrs. Cobden and Bright had their full share or odium. Mr. Disraeli even was scarcely a prime favourite, though what had happened in the interval to reverse the verdict of the previous day it was not easy to discover. The Bishop of Oxford, the Duke of Manchester, the Emperor of the French, Victor Emmanuel, the Oxford boat, and the University Volunteers were each and all warmly applauded. The col legiate " bulldogs" were barked at, and the respected master of Trinity was whistled at, and by that time flats distinguished visitors were nearly all in their places, and the proceedings commenced. The re citations of the various prizemen were first des livered, and the occupants of the gallery were by no means sparing in their comments. One recipient of a medal for Greek composition must have been anything but encouraged by the opinion vouchsafed from candid friends above that his utterance was "rate! r flat," and numerous were the exhortations addressed to others to " cut it short." At last the point was reached at which the Chancellor of the University proceeded to confer the honarary degree of Doctor of Laws upon the various personages selected for that distinction. Before conducting each in his turn to the Chancellor of the University the Public Orator delivered a short introductory address in Latin, putting forward the grounds on which in the opinion of the University the Doctors elect had entitled themselves to that privilege. The first so introduced to the assembly was the Earl Granville, who was warmly applauded, and imme diately following him was the Duke of Manchester, to whom the Orator having alluded as adding " brighter glories" to the reception of the Prince and Princess at Cambridge by the presence of the cavalry troop, which he himself had raised, there was a loud and general outburst of cheering. Earl Stanhope elicited a graceful compliment to his literary fame, and to the impactial character of his writings. Lord Carnarvon, as a rising statesman, and Lord Eversley, as Speaker for 18 years, and one whose ancestors preferred exile to change of reli gion, were likewise well received. But it was for Lord Palmerston that the full force of Undergraduate enthusiasm was shown, though, like warm but in discreet friends, they kept him standing for several minutes before even a word in his favour could be heard. The Orator, in a few brief but telling sentences, presented him as the Pilot who had weathered so many storms, as the man to whom the country intrusted its fortunes confi dently in time of peace, but still more williog,y in time of war. The noble Premier having retired amid the plaudits of the assembly, Lord Leigh next received the honorary degree at the hands of the Chancellor; but the cheering when Sir Edward Bulwer Lytton was presented was only just, if at all, inferior to that when the Premier went up. The justice of the mode in which the 1 Orator summed up his claims as "poet, philoso pher, orator," was instantly accepted by the gal leries. In this real prosaic world, the Orator added, he presided over colonies, and when he liked, as a magicia'i, he created and peopled a world of his own. When Sir Edward resumed his seat he must have carried with him a gratifying conviction of the esteem in which his neme is held in the University of Cambridge. Sir W. P. Wood and Sir C. East lake having received their degrees, the only one of the Doctors of Law against whom any hostile mani festations were made advanced to the foot of the dais on which the Chancellor was sitting. Unlike most of the other instances, the introduction of the Public Or ator was not waited for. The moment the Dean of Westminster left ids seat a strong band of oppo nents raised their voices, and though the majority were in his favour they were never able to drown altogether the tumult of the rival faction. The uproar was so prolonged that although the Orator once or twice tried to quell it by commencing his address, and though the Chancellor rose from his neat and beckoned to the Undergraduates for silence, it was apparently from weariness that they doisted at last. Even then a final round of cheering froth the Deen's friends nearly set them all off again, like the last contradictory croak in a rookery. The Orator stated the case for the Dean of Westminster as strongly as possible, alluded to his unselfish and chivalrous character, to his travels in the East with the Prince of Wales, to his ardent love of ruth, and to the coura g e w ith w hi c h h e de, fended opinions he had been led to adopt by in. quiry, concluding with the aspiration :—" Te igiture, Oxoniensibus tuis invidemus. Talis quum xis, noster esto !" The list of honorary degrees closed with the names of Mr. Beresford Hope, Dr. Watson, Professor Hoffmann, the eminent organic chemist, and the well-known Professor Wheatstone. The grace had also passed in the case of Professor Cobct, of the University of Leyden, one of the most aistinguished Greek scholars probably in Europe, but he unfortunately was not able to attend. The proceedings had terminated, and the royal party were about to leave the Senate-house when one voice was heard high above all the buzz of con versation, inviting " Three cheers for Canon Wordsworth," which were accordingly giv en , but with an admixture of hissing on the part of those who thought it scarcely fair to return to a subject already disposed of. From the Senate-house after a short interval the Prince and Princess, with tha Duke cf Cambridge and their suite, proceeded to the hall of King's Cli lege, where they were entertained at luncheon, and at three o'clock walked across the lawn of King's to witness the display which always possesses so great a charm—the procession of boats. A marquee had been pitched at the end of the lawn, from which the royal party were enabled to command an admirable view of the proceedings, at the same time that any thing :ike pressure was avoided. The spectators formed a perfect line at either side of the river some distance back from the brink, and thus a clear avenue was kept to see the boats as they approached. These were not filled, as is sometimes the case, with " scratch" crews, but with the oarsmen by whose efforts their relative precedence had been decided. Trinity Hall enjoys this year the envied place of honour, and in compiiment to the Princess the lines of the boat were picked out with a doable row of white and red peonies, a thick cluster of which also concealed from view the distinctive emblem on the summit of the boat's ensign. The other boats, to the number in all of 14, followed in single file at racing speed, and eccentricities of vari ous kinds show e d th emse l ves i n their preparations. One, for instance, had a solemn-looking dog with proctorial bands sitting in the bow, with as grave an air as if responsible for the success of the demon stration. After all the boats had passed through Clare-bridge and the bridge above they droped down again one by one in the same order, and took up a position in front of the Princess's marquee. Each as it did so shipped its oars and drew as close to its neighbour as possible, till the whole extended nearly across the river like a raft. This was a manceavre requiring the utmost care, the boats having to be balanced with critical nicety; but it was accomplished by the crews with apparent ease, and when massed together within such a narrow compass the combined effect of the flags fore and aft of the distinctive colours in the dress of each of the eights was singularly bright and pleasing. At a given signal the occupants of all the boats rose, and tossing their oars into the air like gigantic corn stalks, cheered the Royal party to the very echo. Oxford may certainly boast its High-street, but it has nothing to present at all equalling the backs of the C o ll eges at C am b ridge. One portion of these was seen to advantage in that part of the day's proceedings last described, and the drive to St. John's College, where the Horticultural Show was held, was well calculated to convey an idea of the peculiar beauty of these gardens. The •stensible occasion for this assembly was a horticultural fete, but it was evident that numbers of the inhabitants of the town and neighbourhood who could not gain access to the Senate-house or Filzwilliana Museum had come with the laudable intention of seeing the Princess rather than the flowers. The pupils of the School of Art, mar, shelled by the secretary, Mr, Beaumont, formed a square in front of the platform provided for their LINCOLN-FRIDAY. All the growing crops in this district are in a satisfa c ' t tory state. The hay crop promises a heavy yield. Wb ea " has made great progress since our last report. White wheat new, 408;to 44s Barley, grinding.. 27s to 3O Red do. Old white — s to —s New:do .. 20s to 23 9 Red do. s to s 1 Beans.. 37s to 400 Barley, malting....32 s t o 34 s ; Beans, new.. 34s to 3711 WAKEFIELD-FRIDAY. The wheat trade was dull to-day, with only a retail biloi er ' ness, and prices were r a th er over l as t wee k. In oth articles there was no material change. Averages for the week : Wheat 13,03 qrs., at 39s 8d Rye — —s Od 8ar1ey...,..... .... ... —s Od CORK—THURSDAY. The following were th e quo t a ti ons thi s morning :--- l ied wheat, 8s Od to 8s 10d; white, 8s Od to 9s Sd barley, to Id to Os Od ; oats, 5s 8d to Os 4d ; black do., 5s 3c l 53 Od. BRISTOL SUGAR—FRIDAY. The market has become rather quiet during the last d ° T or two , and only sm a ll sa l es on th e s p oL are b e ing made, 3, prices rather in favour of buyers. Refiners' produce 013 , tinues dull, and p r i ces must b e quote d 3d to 6d loW eh : • There has been littl e b us i ness d o i ng i n rum , a t a bout Pre vious prices. Foreign Mail Packet List. MAILS DUE. ciustralis, and Mauritius, via Southampton. Juno IS via Marseilles.. June l2• brazil and Cape Verds, by Briti e h p ac k e t. June 5 , - „ Cape of Good Hope, Ascension, and S t . H e l ena . June tc." China, Penang-, and Singapore, via Southampton. June I , S _ via Marseilles ...June 1. Falkland Wanda Gibraltar, via Southampton June -- India (Calcutta), and Ceylon, via Southampton Junel6,,, _ via Marseilles J u ne 1- India (Bombay), via Southampton via Marseilles Julie 5. 5 " Portugal Jun e 1 .Malta, Egypt, and Aden, via Southampto L . Jun e 1 6 via Marseilles Newfoundland Oporto and Vigo .. U. S. and British N. America, by Brit. packet.... June 8. by U.S. packet.... 3, by Canadian packet. June All parts of West Indies, including Chili, Peru, 1 J u ne 10 California. and British Columbia.. I _...... Births. ANDBRION—On the 2d inst., at West Thurrock, EssclP the wife of Mr. George Anderson, of a daughter. 1 0 DARE—On the 3d i ns t., a t 15 , Half-moon - street , the WI of Mr. A. N. Dare, tf a daughter. TAB' T MORLEY— On th e 3d i nst., at W oodfor d , t h e w if e of • Henry Morley, Esq., of a son. LANCE—On e, of a son.the2iinst,, at Thurlbear, the wife of the I leY. wife MONN—On the 2d inst., at Madresfield Rectory, the - of the Rev. G. S. Munn, of a daughter. Marriages. ADAMS —COUB—On the Ist inst., at the parish ch lirc A ll . t . Kensington, the Hon. Chief Justice Adams, of her lg e,i st jesty's colony of Hongkong, to Ellen Williams, e l ' daughter of Edward Cobb, Etq., of Kensington. Water , WATERFIELD—GAY—On the 2d inst., William, to field, Esq., Bengal Ci v il S erv i ce , eldest son of the 'tic] Thomas Nelson Waterfield, Esq., of 2, Dean's-YBl.Ol Westminster, to Louisa Bentall, youngest daughte r the late James Gay, Esq., of Highgate. Deaths. BACON.—On the 30th u lt., a t R aven i ng h am l'Th rf°l4' Sir Edmund Bacon, Premier Bart., aged 84. COOKE.—On the I s t i ns t., Mall-gate, Doncaster, Coloe' l %V. A. Cooke, l a t e o f the 2d Grenadiers, B&Iagal 4rwl aged 66. GORDON.—On the Ist inst., at Catherine Bank 1 1 2; e : Edinburgh, Sir John Watson Gordon, R.A., her Majesty's Limner for Scotland. KERRISON.—On the 2d inst., at Norwich, Roger Berrie Esq., aged 61. 004 MAYDWILL.—On the 2d inst., at Ashsted, near EPs Surrey, David Maydwill, Esq„ aged 83. ag PRNSON.—On the 23 inst., at Dee Bank, Chester, Thom Mainwaring Penson, Esq , aged 47. London; Printed and Pvt.,:lewd by 'WILLIAM AND— of No. 112, Strand, Printer, at 'loin SUN OtniCe Strand, .n the Precinct of the Savoy, n the Co unii Bliddleaex,—Saturday, June 4,166 i. ~,~